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• This invention deals with the preparation of synthetic rubber as obtained from styrene and butadiene and is particularly concerned with the use of certain mercaptans as modifiers in those polymerization processes carried out below about 50 F. (e.g. cold rubber processes).
• polymercaptans as modifiers in the emulsion polymerization of olefinic monomers such as styrene and butadiene to obtain elastomeric products.
• polymerization modifiers are substances which are included in a polymerization recipe to make possible the production of a plastic, workable polymer. With no modifier present in the recipe a tough, unworkable polymer is produced.
• mercaptan modifiers are not equivalent in hot and cold rubber emulsion polymerization systems.
• a modifier which is a mercaptan containing 9, 10 or 11 carbon atoms in its molecule (i.e., nonyl, decyl, and undecyl mercaptans) and these improvements result also when the modifier used is a mixture of these mercaptans.
• modifier efficiency can be empirically measured in a synthetic rubber polymerization system by measuring the Mooney viscosity of the dry polymer produced from such a system. At a given concentration level in the system, a modifier which produces a soft (low Mooney viscosity) polymer is classified as more efficient than a modifier which produces a stilt (high Mooney viscosity) polymer.
• the processability of a polymer is dependent upon its viscosity and an efiicient modifier is desired in synthetic rubber recipes, since less of it will be required to produce a polymer of specified Mooney viscosity.
• Another specific advantage obtained from this invention is that the use of the decyl and undecyl mercaptans or their mixture is not adversely affected by the presence of residual olefin which is often present in the mercaptan from its process of manufacture. This is particularly important where unreacted styrene used in the cold rubber manufacture is recycled for further polymerization with the butadiene component. As this recycle occurs, the olefin contaminant from the mercaptan builds up in the styrene monomer.
• dodecyl mercaptan for example, the presence of small amounts of the olefin from which the mercaptan is derived can build up to an amount on the order of 0.1 to 0.2 part per hundred parts of monomer and this significantly reduces modifier efliciency and causes the rubber obtained to be stifi and undesirable.
• use of decyl and undecyl mercaptans contaminated with starting, unreacted olefin e.g. decenes and undecenes
• Still another unexpected advantage in the use of nonyl, decyl and undecyl mercaptans or their mixtures is that they enable a high conversion rate to be achieved. It has been observed that the conversion rate is adversely affected when certain mercaptans (particularly those containing less than nine carbon atoms) are used in col 3 rubber polymerization recipes.
• C mercaptans where C refers to a hydrocarbon radical and x is the number of carbon atoms per molecule.
• C is nonyl mercaptan
• C is decyl mercaptan
• C is undecyl mercaptan
• the C C and C mercaptans used in accord with the invention have highly branchedalkyl chains and are predominantly secondary and tertiary mercaptans. These compounds are readily prepared in accord with the known methods for the addition of H 8 to olefins. Because mixtures of olefins are normally used for the H 8 addition, rectification of Patented June 8, 1965,
• C C and C mercaptans are not discrete compounds, but comprise isomer mixtures. As indicated above, however, the compounds are predominantly secondary and tertiary mercaptans and the purity of the rectified fractions will be on the order of 90-100% mercaptan by weight. It. will also be understood, for example, that the term C mercaptan refers to a fraction consisting essentially of decyl mercaptan, but there will also be present small amounts of C mercaptan and probably traces of other mercaptans.
• C mercaptan refers to a fraction consisting essentially of undecyl mcrcaptan with decyl and other mercaptans present in small amounts. C mercaptan is likewise predominantly nonyl mercaptan with trace amounts of other mercaptans.
• the C C and C mercaptan mixtures will also be of a comparable purity and will contain the C C and C mercaptan components in weight ratio ranging from about 10:90 to 90:10 for two component systems and for three component systemsthe lowest concentration of a single component will be about by weight. Because of avail ability, the preferred modifier will be a C and C mixture which will consist essentially of approximately equal amounts by weight of C and C mercaptan.
• the C component When using the C component, it will be used preferably in a mixture with the C and/ or C mercaptan because of its tendency to lower conversion rates.
• the mercaptans are prepared by reaction of H S with the appropriate olefins and since different sources of olefins will contain somewhat different proportions of components, the mercaptan products will vary accordingly. Complete purification is neither practical nor necessary.
• Table A indicates the physical properties of the C C and C mercaptans and their mixtures a obtained from several commercial olefin sources:
• mercaptan modifier will be a C C or C or a mixture of these mercaptans.
• peroxides or hydroperoxides will be used as catalysts (e.g. p-menthane hydroperoxide, cumene hydroperoxide, phenylcyclohexyl hydroperoxide, etc.) and .such recipes for cold rubber recipes are discussed by G. S. Whitby in his book Synthetic Rubber, John Wiley 8; Sons, 1954.
• the amount of modifier used will be in accord with usual practice and will vary from about 0.050.50 part per hundred parts of monomer.
• butadiene-styrene copolymers were prepared by polymerization at 43 F. according to the following SBR-1500 recipe.
• the mercaptans used were C C C a mixture of essentially :50 parts by weight of C and C mercaptans and, as a control, a polymer made with commercial C mercaptan obtained by reaction of propylene tetramer with H 8. A separate control polymer was used for comparison in each case in order to overcome any differences due to polymerization technique in the batch polymerization employed. Results are determined by comparing As indicated, the C C and C mercaptans will be used in accord with this invention in cold rubber polymerization recipes (i.e. in aqueous emulsion systems at temperatures between about 15 F. and 50 F.).
• the monomers employed for the elastomer preparation will be a diene such as butadiene or isoprene, and a comonomer such as styrene or alpha-methyl styrene.
• Mooney viscosity values and the fairest comparison of these various mercaptans is achieved by comparing the difference in Mooney viscosity between the experimental and the control polymer.
• Mooney viscosity values were determined in the usual manner at 212 F. on the raw, uncornpounded polymer after a one-minute preheat plus The values 5 obtained were then added to give the values in the table which follows:
• EXAMPLE 3 USE OF SBR-1000 (HOT) RUBBER RECIPES A rubber was prepared from styrene and butadiene by polymerization at 122 F. of the following SBR-lOOO recipe.
• olefin con- 7 The mercaptans used were an essentially 50:50 mixture of C and C mercaptan and a commercially available C mercaptan derived from propylene tetramer. As in previou examples, Mooney viscosity data were used to evaluate the modifier efliciencies. Table 111 lists the time of polymerization, the percent conversion, and Mooney viscosity data.
• this invention can be used to upgrade an inefiicient modifier by adding C SH, C SH, C SH or their mixture to the poor modifier.
• mercaptans consisti-ing of decyl and undecyl mercaptan, and wherein said mercaptans are secondary and tertiary isomers and are present in an amount snfiicient to limit the molecular Weight of said polymer to a plastic workable mass, said mercaptan mixture being prepared by the reaction of Mu 0 5 5 5 5 5 6 1 5 6 V.
• an olefinic polymer selected from the group consisting of polymers of propylene, butylene, amylene and mixtures of such olefinic polymers.
• a cold rubber polymer by copolymerizing a styrene and a butadiene in an aqueous emulsion system
• the improvement which comprises modifying said polymerization with from about 0.05 to about 0.50 part per one hundred parts of monomers of a mercaptan modifier comprising a mixture of decyl and undecyl mercaptan in a weight ratio of 10:90 to 90:10, said decyl and undecyl mercaptans consisting essentially of secondary and tertiary mercaptans, said mercaptan mixtures being prepared by the reaction of hydrogen sulfide with an olefinic polymer selected from the group consisting of polymers of propylene, butylene, amylene and mixtures of such olefinic polymers.
• a cold rubber polymer by copolyrnerizing styrene and butadiene in an aqueous emulsion system
• the improvement which comprises modifying said polymerization with from about 0.10 to about 0.3 part per one hundred parts of monomers of a mercaptan modifier comprising a mixture of essentially equal parts by weight of decyl and undecyl mercaptans, said decyl and undecyl mercaptans consisting essentially of secondary and tertiary mercaptans, said mercaptan mixtures being prepared by the reaction of hydrogen sulfide with an olefinic polymer selected from the group consisting of polymers of propylene, butylene, amylene and mixtures of such olefinic polymers.

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